<p>I’m in denial. I prefer to think of myself as pre-geezerette. :D</p>
<p>Next week is my post surgery 4 week checkup, so I am eager to get approved not only to drive- but to go in the water.
I have been taking progressively longer walks ( up to 2 or 3 walks a day of about 3 or 4 full blocks at a time-) with old style crutches.
During the day I can get around ok, but when I get up in the middle of the night, I still need the walker. I feel pathetic. Thinking of getting arm crutches, cause I still am going to need something as a backup for a while, I suspect and my form is really sloppy with the traditional crutch.
Cant wait to get in the water again, it is the only place I can move enough to get an aerobic workout!</p>
<p>I also had another DXA scan, since my last one ( where I scored -2.7) was over three years ago. Interestingly, although I have not been on any bone density drugs, the only thing is vitamin D, I now no longer have osteoporosis?
I was surprised, but great news!</p>
<p>My exercises are very moderate. Alternate weight shifting. Stand on one leg, do slight squat. No medicine balls, and no burpees ever, ever, ever!
;)</p>
<p>emeraldkity, that is all good news. How is your pain level?</p>
<p>Regarding the osteoporosis, that’s really encouraging. I need to schedule another bone scan to see how my osteoporosis is doing. I never took the bone drugs either, and have been taking vitamin D for about a year now. I have been lifting weights and running for a couple of years. I wonder if my bones have improved at all.</p>
<p>Well this geezer gained 5 pounds at her reunion, lost it all in four days, gained several back partying last night and expects to lose it again. Short on exercise this week, but I did get in a fair amount of dancing and wore a very little black dress last night. At least as short as the one that caused the principal to call my mother way back in 7th grade. My heart monitor started lying to me so I stopped using it. It was giving me readings of over 200 BPM when I felt just dandy.</p>
<p>To Ohio: I take back what I wrote about the knee strap - you can’t wear it all day. I tried and it was painful in the afternoon. The sides of the strap were digging into my flesh and it was painful. Perhaps they’re good for a few hours at a time. So I went out and got a knee sleeve from CVS (made by Futuro, owned by 3M) and went for a late-night mile on the treadmill and it was fine.</p>
<p>Also got in dips, pullups and rotary torso (stuff that didn’t involve the knee). I will do some stretching, abs and other weight-stuff that is upper-body only after a little food.</p>
<p>I forgot to get my free doughnut at Dunkin today.</p>
<p>BTW, I considered buying a few shares of 3M (they don’t seem to do much mining these days) but I wasn’t crazy about the chart and bought some GE instead.</p>
<p>I felt good enough to do a few miles with the sleeve but past experience tells me to keep it light when recovering. Running straight ahead on a treadmill is really great as you don’t have to deal with curves, rocks, curbs, dogs, hills, curved roads, etc. You can just run straight ahead. It will be nice to get outside again but the forecast locally isn’t very good for the next ten days.</p>
<p>Am down 20+ lbs. since the holidays. My weight loss chart is the most ridiculous thing ever. No rhyme or reason, even if you superimpose calories and exercise. Long plateaus, inexplicable small weight gains, then small period of rapid decline followed by plateaus. Nevertheless, ultimately a strong downward trend. I have dug out my old clothes that fit me at an ever so slightly lower weight – they are too big for the most part. Clearly, I am distributed somewhat differently this time around, and I think, it’s got to be all the weight training. </p>
<p>Not a recommendation for anyone else, but for me to get any weight loss going took not only pretty strict low carb, but adding on intermittent fasting. I am still food tracking and feel like I will have to forever. </p>
<p>Wednesday I was back in the gym, with lots of squats and now finally some significant upper body work.
I wore my new athleta skort: </p>
<p>Thursday was a run on the trail: 30 minutes alternating one minute sprint, one minute recovery. Although truth be told, I can recover in a minute, but I can’t hold a sprint for a full minute-- more like 45-50 seconds. And my sprints are some of y’alls easy jogs ;)</p>
<p>BC, I recommend to invest your GE dividends into this:</p>
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<p>I’ve bought a number of knee sleeves when I had knee problems, and this was by far the most useful and comfortable of the ones I’ve tried.</p>
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<p>Wow. That’s awesome CJANE. Especially because I know how frustrated you were with not seeing any results. I think we need a huge 20 pound party!</p>
<p>It just goes to show that every single one of us has some kind of individual thresholds or strategies to produce results.</p>
<p>emeraldkitty:</p>
<p>Glad to hear that your recovery/rehab from surgery is continuing. i bet the pace of improvement quickens as you go. Swimming will probably be a big help as you get used to the way the new bionic parts work!</p>
<p>I can’t tell much about that knee brace - it’s hard to judge them if you can’t hold them.</p>
<p>I may wear the CWX Stabilyx Tights tonight or maybe just the Futuros.</p>
<p>Thanks, idad. Definitely appreciated and continue to appreciate the support of you and everyone else on this thread. </p>
<p>6 a.m. kettle bell class this morning. Given an unusually late night before, I was happy to just have shown up. Fortunately, since this was day 1 of the new program lots of review.</p>
<p>Part 1 – working on “The Get-Up”
The Pump Stretch x 5
½ Leg Drop x 5/…focus on bracing
Get-Up to Elbow x 5/
Plank x 20sec
Get-Up to High Bridge x 3/
6-Pt. X-Hold
Get-Up x 1/
Crawl to Squat x 5</p>
<p>Part 2 –working “The Swing”
Hip Hinge x 10
KB Deadlift x 10
KB Hike Pass 2x5
KB Power Swing 2x5
KB Swing x 10</p>
<p>Part 3 – working on “The Goblet Squat”
KB Pull to Catch x 5
KB Goblet Squat x 5
KB Goblet Squat with Pause x 5
KB Goblet Squat with Curl x 5</p>
<p>Part 4 – working on conditioning
KB Swing x 10
KB Pull to Catch x 5
KB Goblet Squat x 5
Basic or Baby Crawl x 10/</p>
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<p>Hope it gets better soon. </p>
<p>CJane - party time!!! Congrats. :)</p>
<p>Jane- That’s truly awesome. Congratulations and I’m glad you got such great results.
EK- glad the rehab is going well. I tried the arm crutches when I broke my knee in 2007 and I liked them, but they are not as stable.
BCE- I read that as you were going to wear the “tabby tights”! :)</p>
<p>Kudos, Cjane!
(Blank mind, its still 55 degrees here so I’ve not yet donned the aquajogging gear…but do promise to report back soon.)</p>
<p>Deb, thanks for the tip – I’ll look into the newtons. Seem similar to bareform, and my only reason for a Merrill preference is that I’d be supporting a local company – not anything objective to it. I just try to buy in a way that employs my pals where practical.</p>
<p>MOWC, thanks for clarifying the bone density issue. While folks sharing empirical results is always valued, I think it’s important to note where possible the body of science that underpins (or sometimes undermines ;)) recommendations.</p>
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<p>Lol…I guess that makes us intense geezers interested in the thread title 
Hint #1 that you’re an intense geezer: you participate in a bulletin board thread about diet/exercise/health/wellness!</p>
<p>CJane, congratulations! It was definitely hard won (just reading your workouts wears me out). I am so happy that you found what works for you!</p>
<p>kmc, I’m looking forward to your description of aquajogging. I know it will be entertaining!</p>
<p>Re: Newtons, I’m certainly no expert, and I have thought about taking a look at them at some point in the future, but when I showed up at my chiro dragging my injured calf behind me, the first thing he said was “You weren’t wearing any funky shoes, like Newtons, were you?”</p>
<p>Forgot to mention that I stopped into Marshalls yesterday afternoon and found a ton of Nike Running shorts (7-8 inches). The 7-inch running shorts were $16.99 and the 8-inch shorts were $19.99.</p>
<p>Triceps are sore this morning which I guess is a good thing.</p>
<p>CJane, that’s awesome! I know I couldn’t do your workouts. Heck, I don’t even know what some (okay,most) of the exercises are. </p>
<p>Ran yesterday in short break from rain. 2.6 miles. D is doing C25K and I am really proud of her for sticking with it. I don’t think she’s ever going to love running, but it’s an inexpensive way to exercise. </p>
<p>I wish I could get the deals you guys get at Marshall’s and TJ Maxx. We never seem to have the same items; must be a regional thing.</p>
<p>2 Ike walk last night and 2 mile run this morning to make up for the wedding cake I hope yo eat tonight!</p>
<p>A little frustrated at H right now- he has lost 40+ pounds with Weight Watchers (yeah!) but hasn’t bothered to think that his dress pants won’t fit him any more and he refused to attend to the thought until this morning- now he is upstairs trying on every pant he can find to see which one won’t fall off - argh ! Leaving for wedding in an hour and a half . Thankfully I picked up a shirt at Costco yesterday “in case” so at least he doesn’t swim in that. ;)</p>
<p>Party for CJane!!</p>
<p>Abasket, enjoy the wedding!</p>
<p>Had to laugh at abasket’s H. I have a limited wardrobe now too. My wife was razzing me that I’ll spend $$$ on running clothes but won’t spend anything on dress/casual clothes. </p>
<p>Trying on clothes - that’s my version of hell.</p>